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Nijo Castle, Kyoto: the Ninomaru Palace

RIBA Ref No RIBA114570
Architect/Designer0
Artist/PhotographerBarr, John
CountryJapan
CityKyoto
Subject Date1603
Image Date2012
ViewExterior
MediumDigital image
Library ReferenceBarr 12-09-02
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoColour
CreditJohn Barr / RIBA Collections
SubjectPalaces ; Castles
NOTES: The castle consists of two concentric rings of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace and various ancilliary buildings, gardens and moat. Construction began in 1601 and was completed in 1626. It was built as the Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa shoguns.
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